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George Wein (born , which is held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island . Born in Jazz and Heritage Festival and the Playboy Jazz Festival in Los Angeles , and also established the Newport Folk Festival . In the 60s he set up Festival Productions, a company dedicated to promoting large-scale jazz events. Wein pioneered the idea of corporate sponsorship for his events, and his "Schlitz Salute to Jazz" and "Kool Jazz Festival" were the first Jazz events to feature title sponsors, Schlitz beer and Kool cigarettes. Festival Productions' feature event is now called "the JVC Jazz Festival at Newport", and the company runs JVC Jazz Festivals in cities around including New York , Los Angeles, Chicago , Paris , Warsaw , and Tokyo . Other title sponsors of Festival Productions events include Mellon Bank, Essence Magazine, Verizon , Ben & Jerry's , and Dunkin Donuts . Wein has received a wide array of honors for his work with jazz concerts. He received the Patron of the Arts Award from the Studio Museum of Harlem in 1995, and in 2004 was recognized with an Impact Award from the and Rhode Island College Of Music , and is a lifetime Honorary Trustee of Carnegie Hall . REFERENCES
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